{"product_id":"marvellous-grounds-queer-of-colour-formations-in-toronto","title":"Marvellous Grounds: Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto edited by Jin Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa \u0026 Syrus Marcus Ware","description":"\u003cp\u003eToronto has long been a place that people of colour move to in order to join queer of colour communities. Yet the city’s rich history of activism by queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and racialized people (QTBIPOC) remains largely unwritten and unarchived. While QTBIPOC have a long and visible presence in the city, they always appear as newcomers in queer urban maps and archives in which white queers appear as the only historical subjects imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of its kind to feature the art, activism, and writings of QTBIPOC in Toronto, \u003cem\u003eMarvellous Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories that have shaped Toronto’s landscape but are frequently forgotten or erased. Responding to an unmistakable desire in QTBIPOC communities for history and lineage, this rich volume allows us to imagine new ancestors and new futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJin Haritaworn\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor at York University, focusing on issues surrounding Gender, Race, and the Environment. Holding a PhD in Sociology from London South Bank University and a master's degree in Gender \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies from Greenwich University, Haritaworn's work intersects queer theory with critical race studies, urban studies, and the intricacies of transnational gender sexuality studies. His research examines the landscapes shaped by racial colonial capitalism, particularly the celebration and pathologization of marginalized communities. Haritaworn has authored and edited several impactful publications, including the books \u003cem\u003eQueer Lovers Hateful\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBiopolitics Mixing\u003c\/em\u003e. A noted scholar in queer color formations, his research highlights collaboration within queer trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Haritaworn actively supervises graduate students in the Gender, Feminist Women’s Studies, and Social Political Thought programs, fostering critical dialogue on social movements and biopolitics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeTextContainerauthor7081202\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhaida Moussa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar, educator, and dj, who is passionately drawn to creative articulations of resistance, identity, memory, and space. She holds a bi-disciplinary Master’s degree in International Development and Global Studies, and Women’s Studies from the University of Ottawa. She is currently undertaking her Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought at York University in Toronto, Canada. The past couple of years, she has been devoted to translating anti-colonial notions onto dance floors, thinking through “home” in the cracks between anchored locations and collective memory, and practicing pedagogy from the heart in the classroom and in alternate spaces of education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-9f63f94335de3d15939f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" id=\"block-9f63f94335de3d15939f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.383333s;\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--accent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSyrus Marcus Ware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts, McMaster University. His research creation practice spans drawing, installation, and performance and considers social justice frameworks and Black activist culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.4s;\"\u003eSyrus' recent curatorial projects include \u003cem\u003eAnd the Spaces Between Us Smiled \u003c\/em\u003efor Nuit Blanche, central zone (City of Toronto, 2024), \u003cem\u003eThat’s So Gay\u003c\/em\u003e (Gladstone Hotel, 2016-2019), \u003cem\u003eRe:Purpose \u003c\/em\u003e(Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2014) and \u003cem\u003eThe Church Street Mural Project\u003c\/em\u003e (Church-Wellesley Village, 2013). Syrus was co-curator of \u003cem\u003eThe Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, a two-year disability arts performance initiative of the National Arts Centre with Dr. Sarah Garton Stanley. He is part of the inaugural curatorial team for the centre’s National Creation Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.416667s;\"\u003eSyrus is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter–Canada and the Wildseed Centre for Art \u0026amp; Activism. He is the innovator of the Wildseed Black Arts Fellowship, the Put Your Roots Down Residency and the Black August Residency. Syrus is a past co-curator of Blackness Yes!\/Blockorama, the largest and longest-running programming at the Pride Toronto Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-21cd663f588ab150b499\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" id=\"block-21cd663f588ab150b499\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.433333s;\"\u003eSyrus has won several awards, including the Mayworks Labour Award (2017) and the TD Diversity Award (2017). Syrus was voted Best Queer Activist by NOW Magazine (2005) and was awarded the Steinert and Ferreiro Award (2012). He is a board member for the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and board treasurer for Wildseed Centre for Art \u0026amp; Activism. Syrus holds a doctorate from York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. He is the co-editor of the best-selling \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uofrpress.ca\/Books\/U\/Until-We-Are-Free\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eUntil We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Regina Press, 2020), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenstories.com\/books\/4483-abolition-is-love\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolition is Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Triangle Square\/Penguin Random House, 2023),  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/btlbooks.com\/book\/marvellous-grounds\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarvellous Grounds: Queen of Colour Formations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Between the Lines, 2018) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/utppublishing.com\/doi\/book\/10.3138\/9781487522858\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueering Urban Justice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (University of Toronto Press, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45932659802172,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781771133647_800_1200_90.jpg?v=1785273249","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/marvellous-grounds-queer-of-colour-formations-in-toronto","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}